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NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety proposes to Withdraw Permit Revision <br />Application No. 9, submitted by Twentymile Coal, LLC for a coal mining permit at the Foidel <br />Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1982 -056). Twentymile Coal, LLC proposed to modify the approved <br />Foidel Creek Mine plan for the Western Mining District (WMD) through Permit Revision No. 09 <br />(PR -9). PR -9 proposed to add an additional longwall panel, the 11 -Left Panel, and to include an <br />extension of the 12 -Left and 13 -Left Panels. The additional panel, and panel extensions to the west <br />would require modification of the currently approved Foidel Creek Mine Permit Area boundary <br />adding approximately 560 acres to the Mine Permit Area. The proposed mine plan modification has <br />been withdrawn through a request by Twentymile Coal, LLC. <br />The Foidel Creek Mine is a /an Underground operation located in Routt County, approximately 23 <br />miles Southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Coal interest is Federal and private, and the <br />surface to be affected is Federal and private land. The permit area encompasses approximately <br />20,100.00 acres. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including any stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the Routt County Clerk and Recorder, 136 6th <br />Street, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by <br />the proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on <br />the proposed decision. Such request must be made within thirty (30) days of the initial publication <br />of this notice, must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the <br />request and the objections to the proposed decision. <br />